Author: boomingbanter

When annual events pop up do you ever think to yourself it’s not possible that a year has past.

Well last night out dear PoW hosted her Together at Christmas Carol concert. What a year she and her family have had. We can all wish that the future will be bright for them.

Today we have our fourth Victorian Christmas at the tearoom.

Ma has to dress up and pretend to be a lady. One thing she has achieved over these past four years is piling on plenty of pounds so squeezing into one of her old long dresses may no longer be possible.

She contemplated dressing as Scrooge instead but figured that might go down like a lump of lead.

We’re hoping our new invention of mini bread puddings slip down smoothly along with our usual fare of mince pies and shortbread and of course scones and cucumber sandwiches.

Must dash as we gotta get cooking.

Pray a few stick and break so I get those for my brekkie! Otherwise it will be another notch on Ma’s ever rising odometer.

Blessing#2276-Weighing In

Precious Peeps it’s PITS here to project you positively into a perfect weekend!

ATTITUDE dear audience is what you must adopt.

If you wake up that’s the start of it.

Just remember you’re alive and about to be able to have a wonderful time.

Instead of thinking it’s freezing outside when you’re obliged to make a “sortie” reflect on how great it feels when you return “chez toi”.

Haven’t you ever noticed that the colder your tootsies the warmer the floor feels!!!

Eat with gusto and no regret dear ones as fuel is required to thermoregulate. Protein is particularly powerful so munch on meat.

Finally indulge in some sound sleep under a thick blanket. Just be sure to keep your snout out so you don’t suffocate.

Enough! You have understood my mantra think happy be happy.

Now just do it.

Blessing#2275-Perspectives.

It was weird being home alone with Dad yesterday. I got a good rest though and lots of treats.

Dad is very generous with cookies and such especially when he is not under the scrutiny of Ma.

She is an advocate of no treats until you eat your dinner and that is no fun.

She is sort of a crabby old gal.

She’s cuddly though especially around 2:00 am when the gales start up and the temperature plummets and the heater takes a minute to kick in.

Blessing#2274-Snacks or Snuggles

Precious Peeps it’s me your Perfect Pitty to PUSH you over the humpty.

I had to capitalize because Granny is not feeling fab.

She hasn’t slept well for two nights.

I put it down to too many naps.

Now that she is back to brewing today those will be off the cards until Sunday.

As for me I am just as fine as a fish.

Be like me not like Granny!

Keep your mouth open for food that may just float into it and keep moving at all times even if you’re going round in circles.

Blessing#2273-Bowled Over

This is Ma’s last day off from her extended break from the tearoom.

I wish I could say she is refreshed and looking bright as a daisy but she has been busy almost everyday.

She needs a real vacation I think. No baking or cooking or laundry or shopping just relaxing.

Many of her friends do cruises. She’s never had much desire to go on one but maybe she should push the boat out. Figuratively of course.

Doesn’t hurt to dream about it beats thinking about what to cook for dinner!

Blessing#2272-Sail Away

You may recall that several years ago our house was struck by lightening. The major impact was the need for a new roof. Several electronics got fried like the TV downstairs.

We discovered sometime later that the DVD player upstairs had been nuked too and wouldn’t open but the TV of course was fine.

Work that out ye who have a brain cell.

Fast forward dear folks to yesterday. Ma was hankering for some Sound of Music so she beseeched the Bro to see if the DVD downstairs attached to the dead TV might by some Christmas miracle be OK.

That being the case (hallelujah chorus!!!) the downstairs DVD was brought upstairs and after much jiggery pokery that only young males are capable of was united to the functioning TV.

Having allowed Julie Andrew’s to emerge over the hill and spin around just once the Bro quickly switched to the Vicar of Dibley.

Ma did not moan as she likes that too and is secretly elated that all her old Christmas box sets will now be available once more for festive viewing.

She wondered though why it took her years to get the job done!!!

Blessing#2271- Back in Business

Ma and Jaws and me put the tree up while the Bro and Dad went to get the shopping.

We’d run out of dog food and soda and believe it or not BACON!!!

When we tested the lights we discovered all the outside ones were dead.

So Dad and the Bro were placed on a mercy mission to find new ones.

Ma gave them a fixed budget that they adhered to.

They bought exactly what she wanted so she was all happy happy and full of festive good cheer.

It’s amazing the impact of simple things!!

Blessing#2270-Lighten our Darkness

Well I am properly tired of Ma being home all the time so yesterday I sent her to THE MALL fortified with a big turkey sandwich for brekkie.

Along with about a million others she went to Macys.

She bought nothing just squirted on her favorite HAPPY perfume at the Clinique counter to make the expedition worth while.

She said even with LAST ACT 75% off things seemed expensive. So she went to Marshall’s instead where again she would not succumb.

She has gotten to be so tight. Thrift store shopping has squeezed all the spending spirit out of her.

She came back hungry though so needed another turkey sandwich to refuel.

I enjoyed my rest home alone with Dad very much.

Blessing#2269-Me Time

Precious Peeps it’s your one and only Perfect Pitty here to whisk you into a wonderful weekend.

I trust you followed my example yesterday and stuffed your little tummies to bursting point.

I was hoping for a leg of that sizzling bird but Granny said I might choke on the bones so I was given breast only.

Truth be told it was because she is partial to those bits. She ate both wings followed by a leg a little later.

No wonder she resembles a pudding.

I am nonetheless eternally grateful to her that she hovered over the stove most of the afternoon in between ooh and ahhing over those dogs at the show.

The pug won.

We weren’t voting for it and there wasn’t a Pitty in sight. Of course there was nothing roughly resembling the stinking Gizzard as he is a mutt

So dear ones have fun today. Trot off a little turkey if you can and build up some stamina for sandwiches later.

I’m off now to have a good sniff at granny’s hair as she hasn’t washed it since cooking and smells very tasty.

Blessing#2268-Lingering Aromas

The turkey is still in the fridge as we’re having our dinner in the evening.

Ma and me likes to watch the Macys parade and the national dog show that follows it.

We guess who is going to be the winner and we do things during commercial breaks like peeling the veg and making the stuffing.

We have already got to thinking of all the things we can make with the leftovers.

Does anyone else think they are the best bit.

I especially like the sandwiches because they tend to be chunky enough for bits to go south.

We saw this just now and it gave us another idea. What true for a chicken must be true for a turkey too.

Blessing#2267-Dinosaurs